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Single Payer Update – September 2018
Single Payer Update: By Dorothy M. Cociu, RHU, REBC As I write this in late August, we are now at the very end of the legislative session, and are in anticipation of what is to come in the general election on November 6th. I am reporting primarily on the...
California’s Primary Elections Are Over: What Can We Look Forward to in November?
How Orange County Plays an Important Role Statewide... By Dorothy Cociu, RHU, REBC, GBA, RPA, OCAHU VP Communications & Public Affairs Well, we made it through the negative TV ad campaigns and first round of elections in 2018… The Primaries are over, and we are...
HIPAA Privacy & Security Updates Jul 2018
HIPAA Privacy & Security Updates—From Dorothy Cociu, COIN Editor and HIPAA Privacy & Security Consultant & Trainer July-August 2018 On June 18, 2018, a U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ruled that the University...
Dorothy Cociu Awarded Soaring Eagle of the Leading Producer’s Round Table of NAHU
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kelly Loussedes, Vice President of Public Relations June 30, 2018 (202) 595-3074 or kloussedes@nahu.org Dorothy M. Cociu, RHU, REBC Qualifies for...
Single Payer Update – Understanding the Terms & Concepts
By: Dorothy M. Cociu, RHU, REBC, GBA, RPA, OCAHU V.P. of Communications & Public Affairs, President, Advanced Benefit Consulting & Insurance Services, Inc. May-June 2018 As Editor of the COIN, I wanted to thank all of you that have contacted me to thank me...
Data Breaches and Cyber Security – Is Anyone Safe?
Some Helpful Suggestions to Help Protect Yourself By Dorothy Cociu, RHU, REBC, GBA, RPA, OCAHU VP Communications & Public Affairs In a world of fast-changing technology and more reliance on data, we are all at risk, because when there is data, there is a chance...
HIPAA Privacy & Security Updates March-April 2018
HIPAA Privacy & Security Updates—From Dorothy Cociu, COIN Editor, and HIPAA Privacy & Security Consultant & Trainer, President, Advanced Benefit Consulting & Insurance Services, Inc. March-April, 2018 On February 1, 2018, HHS/OCR announced that Five...
Single Payer is Not Dead! Wait Until You See What They Are Up To!
Update By: Dorothy Cociu, RHU, REBC, GBA, RPA, OCAHU V.P. of Communications President, Advanced Benefit Consulting & Insurance Services, Inc. March-April, 2018 In case you were thinking we’re safe… everything’s going to be fine… you may want to think again. And...
California’s Battle Goes to the Ballot? A Single Payer Update!
By: Dorothy Cociu, RHU, REBC, GBA, RPA OCAHU Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs President, Advanced Benefit Consulting & Insurance Services, Inc. January, 2018 As reported in the November-December, 2017 issue of the COIN, an urgent notice was...
HIPAA Privacy & Security Updates – Nov 2017
From Dorothy Cociu, COIN Editor and HIPAA Privacy & Security Consultant & Trainer November, 2017 I promised in the last issue to report on the NIST/HHS/OCR Annual Privacy & Security Conference in Washington, DC, so that’s what I’ll focus on. Each year,...